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Silver's

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098324
MRDS ID M014872
Record type Site
Current site name Silver's
Alternate or previous names Silver Lease
Related records 10298599

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02106, 44.43985 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vernon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 031E 17 W OF W OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • WEST EDGE OF SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE APPEARS TO BE 30 % TO 45 % CHROMIC OXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02106, 44.43985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS AND IRREGULAR BODIES OF CHROMITE
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORTH-TRENDING GABBROID DIKE LIES TO EAST OF DEPOSIT. THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE FAULTING & SLICKENSIDING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE MINING TOO DIFFICULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1918

Mining district

District name Mt Vernon District

Comments on the production information

  • 700 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT IS BY NO MEANS EXHAUSTED, SINCE ORE APPEARS PROMINENTLY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN WEST FACE OF GLORY HOLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • GLORY HOLE 30 - 40 FT. DEEP. 700 TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE.: USGS BULL. 922-D, P. 110 .

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 9 , P. 66

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14-B, P. 36 - 37

  • Reserve-Resource

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14-B, P. 66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD ( M014871 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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